Paris 2024 – SKB Journal _ The opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics will kick off shortly (Jul. 26).
Instead of a traditional march into a stadium, about 6,800 athletes will parade on more than 90 boats on the Seine River for 6 kilometers (3.7 miles). This will start the ceremony, not mark the end of it, another break from tradition.
The 33rd Olympiad will officially start after the opening ceremony that starts at 7:30 (UTC +2).
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All 54 African countries have sent delegations this year.
Get to know the men and women who will carry the flag of their country at this 33rd Olympiad:
The International Olympic Committee decided in 2020 that national delegations would have two flagbearers — one male, one female — at the opening ceremony at an Olympics, a move to promote parity.
Not all countries have complied by this rule so far.
Names are written in this order: Male ; Female athletes
U = Unannounced
Algeria – ALG
Yasser Triki (Athletics)Â ; Amina Belhadi (Judo)
Angola – ANG
Azenaide Carlos (handball)
Benin – BEN
Valentin Houinato (judo) ; Noélie Yarigo (athlétisme)
Botswana – BOT
U
Burkina Faso – BUR
Hugues Fabrice Zango (Athletics) ; Marthe Koala (Athletics)
Burundi – BDI
Belly Crésus Ganira (Swimming) ; Ange Ciella Niragira (Judo)
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Cameroon – CMR
U
Cabo Verde – CPV
Daniel Varela de Pina (Boxing) ; Djamila Correia Silva (Judo)
Central African Republic – CAF
Nadia Guimendego  (judo)
Chad – CHA
U
Comoros – COM
U
(The) Congo – CGO
(F) Natacha Ngoye Akamabi (Athletics)
Democratic Republic of the Congo – COD
Arnold Kisoka (Judo)
Côte d’Ivoire – CIV
Cheick Sallah Cissé (taekwondo) ; Marie-Josée Ta Lou (Athletics)
Djibouti – DJI
U
Egypt – EGY
Ahmed El-Gendy (Modern pentathlon) ; Sara (Ahmed) Samir (weightlifting)
Eritrea – ERI
U
Eswatini – SWZ
Chadd Ning (Swimming) Hayley Hoy (swimming)
Ethiopia – ETH
U
Gabon – GAB
U
Gambia – GAM
Faye Njie (Judo) Gina Mariam Bass Bittaye (Athletics)
Ghana – GHA
(M) Joseph Amoah (athlétisme)
Guinea – GUI
(M) Naby Keïta (Football)
Guinea-Bissau – GBS
U
Equatorial Guinea – GEQ
U
Kenya – KEN
Ferdinand Omanyala (Athletics)Â Â ; Trizah Atuka (Volleyball)
Lesotho – LES
Tebello Ramakongoana (Athletics) ; Michelle Tau (taekwondo)
Liberia – LBR
Emmanuel Matadi (Athletics) and Olympic debutant Thelma Davies (Athletics).
All the more reasons to celebrate, the country marks this Friday the 177th anniversary of its declaration of independence.
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Libya – LBA
U
Madagascar – MAD
Rosinah Randafiarison (Weightlifting)
Malawi – MAW
U
Mali – MLI
Alexien Kouma (Swimming) ; Fatma Marine Kamara (Boxing)
Morocco – MAR
Yessin Rahmouni (Equestrian)Â ;Â Ines Laklalech (Golf)
Mauritius – MRI
Jean Gael Laurent L’Entete (Cycling) Aurelie Halbwachs (Athletics)
Mauritania – MTN
Camil Doua (Swimming)
Mozambique – MOZ
Matthew Lawrence (Swimming) –  Alcinda Panguana (Boxing)
Namibia – NAM
Alex Miller (Cycling) ; Vera Looser (Cycling)
Niger – NIG
Abdoul Issoufou (Taekwondo) ; Samira Awali Boubacar (Athletics)
Nigeria – NGR
(F) Tobi Amusan, the nation’s queen of track is the World Record holder in the 100m Women’s Hurdles.
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Uganda – UGA
Charles Kagimu (Cycling) ; Gloria Muzito (Swimming)
Rwanda – RWA
Eric Manizabayo (Cycling) ; Clementine Mukandanga (Athletics)
Sao Tome and Principe – STP
Senegal – SEN
Louis François Mendy (Athletics); Combe Seck (Canoe)
Seychelles – SEY
Simon Bachmann (Swimming) ; Kema Elizabeth (Swimming)
Sierra Leone – SLE
Somalia – SOM
(M) Ali Idow Hassan (Atletics)
South Africa – RSA
Akani Simbine (Athletics) ; Caitlin Rooskrantz (Gymnastics)
South Sudan – SSD
Kuany Kuany (Basketball) ; Lucia Moris (Athletics)
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